The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has, in the last few days, made public hundreds of files on civilians killed or injured by Coalition Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ACLU received the records in response to a Freedom of Information Act request it filed in June 2006.

They have created an online database that can be searched to find details of particular incidents and a complete log of the claims can also be browsed.

Larry Johnson has pointed out yesterday that what America is going through at the moment in relation to Virginia Tech, Iraq goes through every day, week in, week out, year in, year out – only on an even bigger scale.